Chapter 125: Exploding Xiahe City
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In the Ming Dynasty, the family of military generals was often synonymous with elite troops. They are well fed, well-dressed, well-fed, well-trained, well-equipped, and have strong combat effectiveness, and they are the killer weapons of all military generals. What's more, they and their masters are in a relationship of both prosperity and loss, so it is quite hard to fight a war.
Due to the high cost of supporting the family, even the general soldier cannot afford to support too many familymen, so until the last moment, the military generals are reluctant to use the family. However, once the family is put into use, it means that the decisive moment has come, whether it is a military general or a family member, they will definitely fight desperately and let go. During the Wanli period, the 8,000 families of Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, were typical special cases.
"Your Excellency...... Are we a little less many? Feng Yangyi finally mustered up the courage and asked Zhang Zhun cautiously.
"There are only so many troops I can use now." Zhang Zhun said lightly.
"This ......" Feng Yangyi was speechless.
Now that Zhang Zhun has the ticket to victory, what is he worried about doing?
Take advantage of this unique opportunity to relax!
From Fushansuo to Xiahe City, there are dozens of nautical miles of waterway, and the speed of the warship is not very fast, and it is estimated that it can only be reached after nightfall. As night fell, the sky and the earth were dark, and there was no light to be seen on the dark sea. The moon in the sky, misty, seems to be shrouded in a light veil, and looks particularly enchanting. The moonlight is cold and the sea breeze is pleasant, which is really a good season for tourism and leisure.
Around midnight, Yang Guohua commanded the warship to slowly dock.
Feng Yangyi looked around and said a little strangely: "My lord, Langya Mountain is still ahead, and it hasn't arrived yet." ”
Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "We won't go to Langya Mountain. ”
Feng Yangyi was slightly stunned, and said in a lost voice: "Huh? ”
Don't go to Langya Mountain, don't save his companions?
Zhang Zhun said slowly: "We will attack Xiahe City directly. ”
Feng Yangyi was stunned, and then understood.
Zhang Zhun is going to surround Wei to save Zhao!
Xiahe City is the ruling core of Xiahezhai Thousand Households, and the dependents of the officers in the office are all in the city. All the supplies and ordnance were also in the city. As long as Zhang Zhun and them attacked Xiahe City, the officers and soldiers of the nearby Langya Mountain could not help but quickly return to help. The encirclement of Langya Mountain naturally collapsed. Encircling Wei to rescue Zhao is the oldest tactic and the most effective tactic, and he is not afraid that the officers and soldiers near Langya Mountain will not be moved.
"What people!"
"Stop!"
A series of shouts were heard.
Near the wharf of Xiahezhai, there are patrol posts of officers and soldiers.
They spotted the convoy.
"Bang bang bang!"
Several gunshots rang out in succession, and everything fell silent.
The escort team attacked Xiahe City openly and openly and forced the officers and soldiers of Langya Mountain to return to help, and there was no need to hide from the sky and the sea, so Zhong Wuying and the others all used the tiger to solve the enemy's sentinels. As soon as the gunshots rang out, Xia Hecheng was about to get nervous. Xiahe City is nervous, and the officers and soldiers near Langya Mountain are about to make a move.
After dealing with the sporadic sentinels, the other guards also landed one after another and rushed towards Xiahe City. Because there was no need to cover up their actions, they all swaggered towards Xiahe City. As he walked, he also released his gun from time to time to ensure that the enemy in Langya Mountain in the distance could hear the movement here.
Yang Guohua and others carried short firearms to protect the warship. Zhang Zhun gave them the order to temporarily sail the warship to the sea outside, and return to the dock at dawn tomorrow.
"It's easy to reach out to everyone you can reach."
"There are as many people as there are people, the more people the better, and the elderly and children can also make up the numbers!"
"Tell them to arrive at the south gate of Xiahe City before midnight and prepare to attack the city! If you can't reach the south gate, you will be at the other gates, blocking the retreat of everyone in the city! ”
Zhang Zhun said coldly to Feng Yangyi.
Feng Yang went excitedly.
Zhang Zhun soon came to the south gate of Xiahe City.
Xiahe City in the dark is really very majestic, at least much more majestic than Fushan City. I'm afraid it's the Acropolis of Lingshanwei, and it's not as tall and strong as Xiahe City. After all, Xiahe City is a historical city. The height of the city wall was visually examined, and the shortest one was more than five zhang. In such a strong city, if you use a ladder to attack, the casualties will definitely be very large.
There should still be some defenders in the city, and they are quite alert to the movement outside the city. As soon as the guns rang out, all the defenders came up to the wall. Finding that an unknown team had arrived, the defenders immediately stood by and lit a bonfire at the head of the city, apparently asking for help from the officers and soldiers of Langya Mountain in the distance.
"How's it going in the city?" Zhang Zhun asked about the wind and ease.
"At most, there were only a few dozen defenders, the rest, all organized on an improvised basis. The main force of the officers and soldiers is in the area of Langya Mountain in the south. Qianhu Wu Jie is also in the south. Feng Yangyi said affirmatively.
After conveying Zhang Zhun's order, Feng Yangyi quickly returned to Zhang Zhun's side. Subsequently, one after another, military households came to the south gate of Xiahe City. After they were dispersed by the officers and soldiers, they each looked for a place to hide. Now that they received the news, they regrouped. However, their number is not very large. Because, when the officers and soldiers suppressed this riot, they did kill a lot of people.
Zhang Zhun and the others saw a lot of corpses along the way, including women, old people, and children, who were obviously exterminated by the whole family. The corpses were all lined up neatly, and the smell of the display was very strong. The practice of such indiscriminate slaughter by officers and soldiers will only arouse greater anger among military households, thus bringing disaster to themselves and their families. Words such as repaying blood debts and fighting violence with violence are usually not feasible in later generations, but in the late Ming Dynasty, it was the most common thing. Since you have made a move, you will destroy the door, and there will be absolutely no future troubles. Benevolent? The merciful are long dead.
Around the current Xiahe City, there are still a large number of corpses that have not been cleaned up, which should have been left behind during the attack on Xiahe City during the day. The air was filled with the suffocating smell of blood. Judging from the number and posture of these corpses, the battle during the day should be quite fierce. It's a pity that the weapons and tactics of the military households in Xiahezhai are too poor to conquer such a fortified city.
By midnight, about 500 military households had gathered outside the south gate of Xiahe City. In addition to Feng Yangyi, there are several other backbones who take the lead. When they heard that Zhang Zhun personally led the team to reinforcements, they were very grateful. At the same time, they said that they must only follow Zhang Zhun and completely obey Zhang Zhun's arrangement.
Zhang Zhun didn't have too many words, he wanted all the military households to be ready, and after the escort team entered the city, they were responsible for expanding the results of the battle, revenge, and revenge. At the same time, they will be rescued from their detained relatives. The number of escorts is too large, and they can only be responsible for destroying the enemy's main force, and the rest is still up to the military households to do by themselves.
As soon as they heard this, the military households were naturally even more excited. Zhang Zhun meant that he obviously gave them a chance to take revenge. The relatives of Wu Jie and the others are all in the city, and the officers at other levels, or their relatives, are also in the city, as long as the city is broken, these people are the target of their anger. Officers and soldiers have killed so many military households, and it is their turn to suffer.
After the order was in place, Zhang Zhun began to prepare weapons for the siege.
The soldiers placed a large burlap bag in front of Zhang Zhun, and Zhang Zhun carefully inserted a rope into it. There are many strips of cloth tied vertically and horizontally on the sackcloth bag, as if a huge square zongzi is wrapped. The military households in Xiahezhai don't know what this thing is.
"My lord, what is this?" Feng Yangyi asked curiously.
"Dynamite pack." Zhang Zhun replied casually.
These explosives packages were originally used by Zhang Zhun to attack Jimo County. He observed that day, the city wall of Jimo County is also very high, and if the way of cloud ladder is adopted, the casualties must be very large. If you use a cannon, the hit rate is so low that I don't know how long it will take to blow the city gate open. Instead of stalling for time, it is better to resort to the most direct and violent way: blowing open the city gates.
Some of his black explosives were filled with copper oxide to enhance the power of the explosion. Copper oxide can effectively increase the explosive power of black explosives, as long as about a pound of black explosives added to copper oxide, it can blow up a large car. If there are more than ten catties, it can almost overturn a building. However, copper oxide is very difficult to do, and it is impossible to produce it in large quantities, so it can only be used in the most critical places.
The explosives package was quickly prepared, and Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "Fire cover!" ”
"Bang bang bang!"
The convoy fired in a haphazard manner.
Minnie slammed into the walls of Summerriver City, splashing the light of the starting point.
The defenders at the head of the city were completely suppressed by the fire and could not raise their heads, and it was impossible to detect the movement outside the city. In fact, it was so dark outside the city that even if you poked your head out to observe, you couldn't see anything.
"Go ahead!"
Brigadier Zhang handed over the explosives bag to Liu Jixiang.
Liu Jixiang's nickname is Harrier, which naturally means to describe his movements, as light and agile as a harrier, and it is the most suitable for such blasting work. I saw him holding the explosive bag, quickly diving into the darkness, and soon disappeared. But after a while, he came back.
Zhang Zhun asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”
Liu Jixiang said excitedly: "It's okay." Explode right away! ”
Zhang Zhun nodded and motioned for Feng Yangyi and the others to lie down.
"Boom!"
Sure enough, a moment later, there was a loud bang, and the earth shook violently.
A dazzling fireball completely enveloped the entire south gate of Xiahe City. The bright light of the fireball can be clearly seen even in Langya Mountain, which is dozens of miles away. In the reflection of the fireball, bricks, gravel, and wood chips flew in the air, as if an earthquake had occurred. After a long time, the debris fell like a hailstone.
The south gate of Xiahe City was blown open in this way.
"Up!"
Zhang Zhun waved his hand without hesitation.
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